Michelle and I spent a wonderful weekend with her dad’s side of the family down in Monterrey, CA for her cousin’s wedding. The weather was fantastic, the venue beautiful and the company was wonderful. We had a blast. Michelle and I were fortunate enough to be invited to the rehearsal dinner at a historic building/restaurant called Stokes. We sat next to Keet’s Mother’s Twin Brother Bill and his wife Susan and just had a blast. Lots of great food, wine and conversation about their life in Japan, traveling and kids.

The wedding on the following day was in the Memory Garden near the Portola Hotel which was an open atrium with four massive magnolia trees the provided cover and a hanging opportunity for the lights. The service was touching, Erica and Keet were amazing and we got to spend time with our favorite relatives from Santa Cruz including Erica’s Dad and Step-Mom (Ron & Jill Lindsay).

The day after, we had the chance to visit Keet’s parents house in Carmel Valley and thank them for a lovely weekend. The pictures below only tell a portion of the story of the weekend, but wanted to get them online to share.

Another beautiful day in Tuscany. With the wedding scheduled for later in the evening when it cools off, I took the opportunity for a morning run through the countryside. The first set of pictures are from my run as I saw country architecture and archways delux.

Later that morning – Michelle, Barb, Stuart and I took off again for a drive through the country. A winemaker had recommended a restaurant in Londa for wonderful regional food. We drove there (about 30 minutes from the Villa) but they were closed. We kept going to another town and recommended restaurant in DiComano. The restaurant was Roberto’s and was fantastic. Clearly run by a husband and wife team with the husband back in the kitchen and wife running the front of the house.

The wedding was in the evening and was fantasy like. After mingling around in the courtyard with everyone snapping pictures, Tim and I were put on video camera duty and recorded the entire nuptuals. The first segment took place in the small chapel with the photographers climbing all over the pews and around the service like Paparazzi. The second piece of the service took place in the area next to the church covered in Wysteria. The evening finished off with a wonderful meal and lots of toasts and drinks.

Lindsay

Lindsay is a junior at University of San Francisco majoring in Peace & Conflict Studies and Latin American Studies. She is back from her study abroad in South America and back in the groove at school.

Jackson

Jackson is a sophmore at Ballard High School and is loving Parkour/Free Running, Boy Scouts and hanging with his friends. He traveled to Ecuador with the Boy Scouts and hiked to the top of Mt. Whitney with his buddy Aldo and his dad.

Scott

Scott is driving digital capabilities and programs for Hacker Agency and loving it. He is also teaching Digital Marketing at the University of Washington at both the MBA Program and Professional Certification Extension.

Michelle

Michelle continues to be awesome in all she does with keeping our family on track and working with organization clients.